Wheel-support.



F. w. STANGB. WHEEL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1912.

1 ,O4;4,282, Patented NOV. 12,1912.

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FREDERICK W. STANGE, OF CLYMAN, WISCONSIN.

WHEEL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

Application filed July 11, 1912. Serial No. 708,863.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. STANGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clyman, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vheel- Supports; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheel supports used in connection with tirebolting machines and other similar machines; and it consists of asupporting arm and treadle mechanism as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of portions of a tire boltingmachine provided with a wheel support according to this invention. Fig.2 is a plan view of the wheel support.

The tire bolting machine, or other similar machine, bolt clipper or boltwrench, is provided with a vertical supporting pillar 2, and 3 areportions of the driving mechanism of the machine carried by a frame 4which is secured to the pillar 2. This mechanism is provided with aWrench 5 for engaging with the nuts of the tire bolts, and 6 indicates aportion of a wheel, in dotted lines, placed in position to have a nutscrewed off or on by the tire bolt machine. The wrench 5 is carried by avertical operating spindle 20 which is journaled in the front endportion of the frame 4.

A vertical bar 7 is provided and is arranged to slide in guides 8 whichare secured to the pillar 2. The upper end portion of the bar 7 has aseries of holes 9 in it, and 10 is an upwardly and forwardly inclinedarm which is provided with a socket l1 and a bolt 12 for securing it tothe bar 7. The bolt 12 engages with any of the holes 9, and the socketis slid upon the bar to adapt it to the size of the wheel to be operatedon. The arm 10 projects laterally of the bar 7 to a point beyond thespindle 20 and the frame 4, and it is preferably curved, but thecurvature is not an essential feature.

A foot lever 14 is pivoted to a stationary bracket 15 by a pin 16, andhas a foot plate 17 at its front end. The bracket 15 is bolted to thefloor or to any convenient support.

The rear end of the foot lever is pivotally connected with the lower endportion of the bar 7 by a link 18 and pins 19.

The hub of the wheel is slipped loosely over the inclined arm, and thetreadle is de pressed so that the rim of the wheel is raised above thelevel of the wrench 5. The wheel is then slid rearwardly and tiltedforwardly, and is lowered a little so that the nut on the tire boltengages with the wrench. The nut is then screwed off or on in the usualmanner. After each nut has been operated on, the wheel is raisedupwardly and is tilted and slid forwardly, and is turned around so thatthe next tire bolt is brought into a vertical position opposite thewrench, and the wheel is then slid and tilted rearwardly to its originalposition. The shape of the arm permits the wheel to slide and tiltforwardly with very little exertion on the part of the operator, and sothat the spokes of the wheel may be placed in a position to clear themachine when the wheel is partially revolved to bring another tire boltto a vertical position.

This treadle mechanism obviates the necessity of lifting the wheel ontoand off the machine by hand to bring the tire bolts to a verticalposition one after the other.

What I claim is:

l. The combination, with a machine of the character described providedwith a vertical operating spindle, of a vertical bar arranged to therear of and below the said spindle, a guide for the said bar, anupwardly inclined arm projecting laterally of the said bar under thesaid spindle and adapted to support a wheel, and means for raising thesaid bar and arm.

2. The combination, with a machine of the character described providedwith a vertical operating spindle, of a vertical bar arranged to therear of and below the said spindle, a guide for the said bar, anupwardly inclined arm projecting laterally of the said bar under thesaid spindle and adapted to support a wheel, means for securing the saidarm to the said bar at different levels below the spindle, and means forraising the said bar and arm.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK W. STANGE.

Witnesses:

EMIL KRnssINn, LoUIs KoHLHoFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

